Phil McGraw

Right up front, I admit that any trip with my husband and kids inevitably becomes some combination of "The Hunger Games" and the "Dr. Phil" show. Whoever makes it to the end, without being killed off by one of the other three, wins. Or at the very least requires serious therapy. Despite knowing this, I still planned a two-week, family trip to Europe in August of 2011. It started off well enough. We visited castles, rode gondolas, and took pictures of each other holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa. No one minded that there was a sweeping heatwave that made everything feel as though we were competing in a decathlon held on the end of a blowtorch. We laughed when...

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